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Transcript of DISTANCE LEARNING GCSE AND AS. HOW? VIDEO CONFERENCE INDEPENDENT LEARNERS COURSES [e-mail]
DISTANCE LEARNINGDISTANCE LEARNING
GCSE AND ASGCSE AND AS
HOW?
• VIDEO CONFERENCE
• INDEPENDENT LEARNERS’ COURSES
[e-mail]
VIDEO CONFERENCEWhat can we offer?
• PRE-GCSE (CLC BOOKS 1-3)
• GCSE (CLC BOOKS 4-5 +SET TEXTS)
• AS
• A2
• LATIN
• ANCIENT GREEK
• CLASSICAL CIVILISATION
IL COURSESWhat can we offer?
• GCSE LATIN
AS LATIN
• AS CLASSICAL CIVILISATION ?
• AS CLASSICS (UNENDORSED)
OCR’S AS CC OPTIONS
• CC1 Archaeology: Mycenae
• CC2 Homer’s Odyssey
• CC3 Roman Society and Thought
• CC4 Greek Tragedy
• CC5 Greek Historians
• CC6 City life in Roman Italy
CSCP COURSES
DEFINITE FOR 2008-9• LATIN – LI
• LATIN – L2*
• CLASSICS – CC3
* SET TEXTS SEPARATELY IF WANTED
AS CHOICESWHICH ARE POSSIBLE ON THESE MODULES
• LATIN – L1+L2
• CLASSICS – L1+CC3
• CLASSICS – L2+CC3
CSCP POSSIBLE/FUTURE COURSES
• AS CC2 (HOMER’S ODYSSEY) ?[OR ANOTHER CC OPTION?]
• A2 COURSES LATINCLASSICS?
CC2 WOULD MAKE POSSIBLE
• AS CLASSICAL CIVILISATION -CC2+CC3
• MORE AS CLASSICS OPTIONS –
L1+CC2 LANG + HOMER
L1+CC3 LANG + ROMAN THOUGHT
L2+CC2 LIT + HOMER
L2+CC3 LIT + ROMAN THOUGHT
WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO
A2 CLASSICSLATIN LIT + VIRGIL IN TRANSLATION
VC AND IL COURSES ADVANTAGES AND PROBLEMS
GOOD THINGS ABOUT VC*
*COMPARED WITH OTHER FORMS OF DISTANCE LEARNING
• LIKE A CLASSROOM
• IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK
• EASIER TO GIVE EXPLANATIONS
• FASTER LEARNING
• BETTER MOTIVATION
PROBLEMS OF VC
• TIMING AND LOGISTICS (when and where and how often)
• TECHNICAL FAILURES• TURN-TAKING ETIQUETTE• SEATING ARRANGEMENTS• COST• SITTING? WHAT TO LOOK AT?• GETTING HOMEWORK
LOGISTICSMY TIMETABLE THIS YEAR
7.45-8.30
8.20-9.10
8.00-8.50
12.30-1.20
12.30-1.20
12.45-1.30
12.30-1.20
12.30-1.20
3.45-5.15
3.30-4.20
3.30-4.30
3.10-4.00
ADVANTAGES OF INDEPENDENT LEARNER COURSES
• MAKES SUBJECT AVAILABLE
• STUDY AT OWN PACE
• FLEXIBILITY IN TIME AND PLACE
• FOSTERS STUDENT’S TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS ETC.
PROBLEMS WITH IL COURSES
• STUDENT MOTIVATION AND TIME MANAGEMENT
• STUDENTS LACK COMMUNICATION WITH PEERS
THE SOLUTIONS
• THE FACILITATOR
• THE TUTOR
• PARENTS?
• SCHOOL?
ROLE OF THE FACILITATOR
• GETTING STUDENTS • ARRANGING SESSIONS• PREPARING STUDENTS• ARRANGING SUPERVISION• MOTIVATING• GETTING HOMEWORK• SUPPORTING STUDENTS• LIASING WITH TUTOR• REPORTING TO OTHERS
ROLE OF THE TUTOR
• TEACHING!
• MARKING AND ASSESSMENT
• MOTIVATING
• FEEDBACK TO FACILITATOR
• SUPPORT FOR FACILITATOR
• REPORT WRITING
• VISITING?
GCSE IL COURSE DETAILS
GCSE IL COURSE STRUCTURE
• 28 study sessions. • A balance of material on language and literature.• Sessions require approximately 2.5 - 3 hours
study • Assignments to send to e-tutor for assessment
and feedback.• Materials for study a topic of Roman Life
requiring about 15 hours study in all.• The total study time for the whole Course is in
the region of 100 hours.
GCSE IL COURSE COSTAND BENEFITS
• The cost of the GCSE course is £250.• For this you receive:
e-tutor support until the examinationIndependent Study GuideStudy support materialsAccess to the e-boardSupport from the Cambridge School Classics Project office
GCSE LANGUAGE SUPORT MATERIALS
• VOCABULARY LIST (PRINTED)
• VOCABULARY LIST ONLINE TESTER
• INFORMATION (ONLINE)
• ASSIGNMENTS (ONLINE)
EXAMPLE OF GCSE BACKGROUND INFO
Page 1: PictureLook at the picture. It shows a model of the city of Rome in the time of Constantine, 4th century AD, with a population of a million. Notice the apparently unplanned layout of the city, the River Tiber, the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus (chariot-racing track). The little hill near the river is the Capitol, with the temple of Jupiter on it, and below and to the right is the Roman Forum. You may wish to refer to the labelled drawing of the city on page 43 to help you identify the sites.
EXAMPLE OF GCSE LANGUAGE INFO + PRACTICE
Pages 2-3: Model SentencesThe images and model sentences describe the Roman Forum and
introduce the new grammatical feature: the Present Passive. Look at the pictures and read all the sentences in Latin to get some idea of what they are about. Then answer the following questions and check your answers against those given at the end of this session. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact your tutor.
1a. What is in the middle of Rome? [2]1b. What is it called? [1]1c. Who is worshipped in the temple? [1]1d. Where is the temple? [1]2a. Where is the Roman Forum? [1]2b. Complete this translation: The Forum is ................by a huge
crowd of ......................... every day. [2]
EXAMPLE OF SYNOPSIS OF STORIES
Pages 6-7: Masada I et IIStorylineThe Jewish woman tells Simon, her eldest son,
about Titus’ destruction of Jerusalem, the Jews’ resistance to the Romans, and their final stand at Masada under Eleazar. Simon hears how most Jews, including his father, committed mass suicide rather than submit to the Romans, while his mother and grandmother hid underground with the children. He is inspired by his father’s example.
Read the English translation of Masada I and II.
EXAMPLE OF GCSE ASSIGNMENTS AND ADVICE
Page 8: About the language 1: passive verbsStudy paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 carefully. You may wish to
make your own notes on the information. If you have any questions about the information or examples given, email your tutor straightaway. If you are happy with the form and translation of passive verbs in the present and imperfect tenses, translate sentences a to f and send your translations to your tutor. Make sure you write complete sentences for each of the verbs given in c and f.
E.g. laudantur: they are praised (rather than simply ‘praised’)
EXAMPLE OF GCSE OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT
Page 14: Practising the language: exercise 1**This is an optional exercise, as it’s quite challenging. If you
feel very confident with your grammar, have a go, but if you’d rather leave this out please feel free to do so.
Exercise 1 revises the formation of the imperfect subjunctive (formed from the present infinitive (-re) followed by the relevant personal ending) and its use in purpose clauses (also known as final clauses). In such clauses, ut is translated as ‘in order to’ or simply ‘to’. As the exercise says, all the forms of the imperfect subjunctive are given on page 128, and you may
GCSE LITERATURE SUPPORT MATERIALS
• TRANSLATIONS – PRINTED
• NOTES – ONLINE
• ASSIGNMENTS - ONLINE
GCSE LITERATURE METHOD OF STUDY
• Study the passage and the notes.
• Use the translations provided, as and when you need.
• Once you understand the Latin, answer the questions at the end of this assignment, and send your answers to your tutor.
EXAMPLE OF GCSE LITERATURE NOTES
religiones interpretantur: They interpret religious questions. This includes the doctrines, beliefs, divination of omens and signs, and the feelings of the worshippers.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF GCSE LITERATURE NOTE
magnoque hi sunt apud eos honore: They [the Druids] are held in great honour among them [the Gauls]. Caesar indicates the high status of the Druids in the words magno honore.
EXAMPLE OF GCSE LITERATURE QUESTIONS
1. Druides … interpretantur, ll. 1-2: what three things are we told about the Druids in lines 1-2? [3]
2. ad hos …honore, ll 2-4:
a. Which people does Caesar say come to the Druids and why? [2]
b. Quote two Latin words from lines 2-4 which show the status of the Druids. [1]
GCSE: WHAT ELSE?
• PAST PAPERS
• EXAM ADVICE
• HELP ARRANGING CENTRE TO SIT THE EXAM
AS INDEPENDENT LEARNING COURSES
AS MODULES: COST
• £600 FULL COURSE (=2 MODULES)
• £350 LATIN LITERATURE
• £350 LATIN LANGUAGE
• £350 CC3
• £200 HALF LITERATURE
AS LATIN LANGUAGECOURSE STRUCTURE
• GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX
• UNSEEN
• VOCABULARY
• EXTRA READING
(FOR CICERO UNSEEN)
IN 26 SESSIONS
AS LATIN ASSIGNMENTS
• GUIDED VOCABULARY LEARNING• GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX
TRANSLATION• TWO OR THREE UNSEENS PER
SESSION – ONE TO BE SENT TO TUTOR FOR ASSESSMENT
• UNSEEN TRANSLATION FROM TEXTBOOK - INTRODUCING CICERO
• PAST PAPERS OCCASIONALLY
EXAMPLE OF AS LATIN GRAMMAR INFO + ASSIGNMENT• Next turn to Section 12 and study direct
commands. Notice that when the subjunctive is used on its own (i.e. when not introduced by cum, ut or the like) it can be translated "let ...". This form is known as the jussive subjunctive ("jussive" comes from the Latin verb "iubeo, ere, iussi, iussus", meaning "I order") since it is ordering someone to do something. Once you have studied Section 12, translate the commands in paragraph 4 and send them to your tutor.
AS LATIN LANGUAGE MATERIALS PROVIDED
• VOCABUARY TESTER
• NOTES ONLINE
• TRANSLATIONS OF UNSEENS FOR CHECKING OWN WORK
• TRANSLATIONS PARTS OF INTRODUCTION TO CICERO
AS LITERATURECOURSE MATERIALS PROVIDED
• TRANSLATIONS OF ALL THE SET TEXT
• NOTES ONLINE
• SOME MODEL ANSWERS
AS LATIN LITERATUREASSIGNMENTS
• COMPREHENSION AND ANALYSIS QUESTIONS
• PAST PAPERS OCCASIONALLY
AS CC3 INDEPENDENT LEARNER COURSE
• STUDY OF LETTERS BY PLINY AND SATIRES BY HORACE, JUVENAL AND PETRONIUS
• 26 SESSIONS
• NOTES ONLINE
• COMMENTARY QUESTIONS
• ESSAY PRACTICE
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?